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Baylor:
Houston was better than I expected....probably because it was the middle of winter when I was there. The houston medical megapolis is impressive if you have never seen it. That being said, there was no real home for the residents since they cover many different sites around the area (VA, Ben Taub, etc...). Not sure how much the residents actually see one another. The program will likely be completely different by the time 2010 rolls around. Apparently, Methodist hospital is establishing there own radonc department (and its own residency apparently) and many attendings were forced to make a choice (including the program director who treats peds). That being said, they say the residents would still rotate with him. Faculty and residents were all very nice and the lunch on interview day was a 10/10. Overall, there seems to be enough pieces in place for residents to gain strong clinical training in the end, but this program will be somewhat different by 2010 with the addition of some new treatment machines, new PD, and hospital affiliations. I would go and check it out.
UVA
I really liked Charlottesville. Small town with reasonable cost of living (high for college town standards). Great if you enjoy the outdoors and or are a Dave Matthews or Thomas Jefferson enthusiast. It looks like this is yet another program is purchasing a new cancer center from Newcancercenter.com. The facilities as of now are not bad. Lot's of TOMO research. Brachy is sufficient, LDR prostate and adequate GYN cases. Strong gamma knife program. Really no deficits in terms of technology or cases except maybe Peds.The program director was fantastic. He is one of the best I came across. Several faculty are very active in research at the national level. The chair is nice but somewhat quirky, but not in a negative way. He made a few comments that were so random I had to bite my tongue to not laugh out loud. He seems to be very involved and is great for the department though. The residents are a friendly group and would be great to work with. Overall great location, excellent facilities, clinical research if you want it, and nice faculty and staff. I would be happy to train there.
Houston was better than I expected....probably because it was the middle of winter when I was there. The houston medical megapolis is impressive if you have never seen it. That being said, there was no real home for the residents since they cover many different sites around the area (VA, Ben Taub, etc...). Not sure how much the residents actually see one another. The program will likely be completely different by the time 2010 rolls around. Apparently, Methodist hospital is establishing there own radonc department (and its own residency apparently) and many attendings were forced to make a choice (including the program director who treats peds). That being said, they say the residents would still rotate with him. Faculty and residents were all very nice and the lunch on interview day was a 10/10. Overall, there seems to be enough pieces in place for residents to gain strong clinical training in the end, but this program will be somewhat different by 2010 with the addition of some new treatment machines, new PD, and hospital affiliations. I would go and check it out.
UVA
I really liked Charlottesville. Small town with reasonable cost of living (high for college town standards). Great if you enjoy the outdoors and or are a Dave Matthews or Thomas Jefferson enthusiast. It looks like this is yet another program is purchasing a new cancer center from Newcancercenter.com. The facilities as of now are not bad. Lot's of TOMO research. Brachy is sufficient, LDR prostate and adequate GYN cases. Strong gamma knife program. Really no deficits in terms of technology or cases except maybe Peds.The program director was fantastic. He is one of the best I came across. Several faculty are very active in research at the national level. The chair is nice but somewhat quirky, but not in a negative way. He made a few comments that were so random I had to bite my tongue to not laugh out loud. He seems to be very involved and is great for the department though. The residents are a friendly group and would be great to work with. Overall great location, excellent facilities, clinical research if you want it, and nice faculty and staff. I would be happy to train there.